Nothing beats time spent in the workshop with my eight year old, making a cabinet together that will sit in the main bathroom to hold a pack of TP at a time, ready for when the roll in use runs out. It is a pragmatic item that will have use in our home. It is also a good practice item for us, before getting on to bigger and better things. Little Miss had a great time when I clamped down a piece of rough cut cedar fence picket and turned her loose on it with the scrub plane. We went back into the house at 8PM, and funny enough, she decided to go to bed early. Said she was tired. Said the plane work wore her out.
Our little cabinet is made of pine, from a 5 1/2″ by 8′ knotty board I had kept spare in the barn. I put a back on it, in a dado I made with the router plane, and using a piece of Masonite that came as part of the packing for our oven. That kept things simple, and should add stability. I will build a door later today, to keep the cat from shredding the paper inside the cabinet!
I glued up a drawer front for the kitchen drawer above the oven. I also finished the drawer box yesterday. I am happy that the wood for the side rails on the oven frame have settled well enough to shape as needed and affix to the wall. I need to do that, and make the crown of the frame to match those over the doors in the house.
I may have ordered a lathe yesterday, too. Finally! I just got a notice that it is shipping. So I ordered the turning tools off eBay, as I was unsure if the lathe would be in stock. Apparently, it was. Now I’ll be able to turn bobbins and spindles and the like for Missus to keep her llama fiber on. Missus quite enjoyed working on her $35 mini-lathe, despite it barely working for her. I can’t wait to see what she will do with a big, proper lathe! I can’t wait to see what I will! Hopefully it will also attract the kids to it as they all come of age to. Two of them are grown and moved out. This can give them something to do when they visit, and a chance for them to make presents for their significant others. I’ve got all kinds of ideas, haven’t I?
Things are in motion. If we are able to sell or not, it does not matter. I am getting to old to put my life’s ambitions on hold any longer. Time to do what I want to when I grow up. I am lucky to be able to!
It is time to go get a day started, and get done a few things that need doing!